EMMITT SMITH 2 YD RUN (NEIL RACKERS KICK), 14:21
Drive:
9 plays,
68 yards in
2:39
Key Plays:
McCown 16-yard pass to Ayanbadejo on 3rd-and-11 to New York 41 Smith 6-yard run to New York 30 McCown 6-yard run on 3rd-and-4 to New York 24 22-yard pass interference on Giants' Peterson to New York 2NY GIANTS 14-10

3rd Quarter

ARI

TD

EMMITT SMITH 3 YD RUN (NEIL RACKERS KICK), 13:51
Drive:
7 plays,
37 yards in
4:11
Key Plays:
Williams 38-yard punt return to New York 37 Smith 11-yard run to New York 26 Smith 9-yard run to New York 12 Smith 7-yard run to New York 5ARIZONA 17-14

TEMPE, Arizona (Ticker) -- Emmitt Smith keeps saving his best
for the New York Giants.

Smith ran for two touchdowns and defensive end Bertrand Berry
recorded a career-high four sacks as the Arizona Cardinals
posted a 17-14 victory over the Giants.

With the Cardinals (4-5) trailing late in the third quarter,
Smith scored his eighth touchdown of the season - his most since
2000 - from three yards out to give Arizona the lead for good.

"Down near the end zone you have to be cutthroat," Smith said.
"There isn't time for a whole lot of shaking and baking."

Smith, who also scored at the end of the first half, rushed for
67 yards, giving him 18,050 in his career. His two scores give
him 24 in his career against the Giants, his second-highest
total against any team.

"I never thought about getting 18,000," Smith said. "I am just
doing the best I can to make everything happen for this team and
make as many plays as I can."

After Smith put the Cardinals ahead, Berry and Arizona's defense
shut down New York, limiting the Giants to 35 yards in the
final period, when Berry had two of his sacks.

"We really felt like we understood what they were trying to do,"
Berry said. "We felt that if we could get in (quarterback Kurt
Warner's) face, we knew that he holds the ball a little longer
then most quarterbacks and that if we stayed with our rush
things would work out."

New York (5-4) had one last chance, but Warner's fourth-down
pass was deflected by rookie linebacker Karlos Dansby, who had
two sacks, and fell incomplete. Two defensive linemen appeared
to jump offside on the play, but no penalty was called.

"As poorly as the offense played, especially in the second half
I still felt we had a great chance to win," Giants coach Tom
Coughlin said. "They started to put pressure on us. We got
sacked then run a play for minus yards then get a holding
penalty. We continued to put ourselves in a hole."

Warner completed 19-of-30 passes for 193 yards but was sacked
six times. Last week, he was sacked seven times by Chicago,
including four times by defensive end Alex Brown.

"They didn't do anything we didn't expect them to," Warner said.
"We just have to handle the blitz better."

Tiki Barber rushed for 108 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries.
His two-yard TD run in the second period gave the Giants a 14-3
lead. It was the 19th career 100-yard game for Barber, tying
Joe Morris for the most in team history.

He expressed his frustrations with the offensive line after the
game.

"(The line) is good sometimes, but bad most of the time," Barber
said. "It puts Kurt at such a disadvantage that he can't make
his reads. He can't wait for the guys to get open and he ends
up getting sacked."

Barber, who came in leading the NFL in yards from scrimmage,
also had five receptions for 52 yards.

The Cardinals, who had just 178 total yards, have won three
straight home games for the first time since 1999 and are just
one game out of first place in the NFC West.

"Defensively we chased the quarterback," Arizona coach Dennis
Green. "You don't win too many games with just 17 points and we
had to do it the hard way. We didn't get any turnovers or
interceptions. We had to slug it out."

Warner was sharp early, completing all four of his passes on New
York's 80-yard opening drive, including a two-yard pass to
tight end Jeremy Shockey that made it 7-0. It was the first
time in 18 games that the Giants reached the end zone on their
first possession.

New York marched 80 yards on its next drive as well, capped by
Barber's two-yard score, but managed just 148 for the rest of
the game.

"I feel horrible for our defense," Warner said. "We went down
the first two drives and it was like we could do anything we
wanted to. I think our offense is not consistent enough."